Ten Reasons to Get Involved in Safety Activity
Ten Reasons to Get Involved in Safety Activity v Self-preservation – the need for freedom from injury v Personal gain – the desire for reward v Loyalty – the desire to cooperate v Responsibility – the recognition of obligation v Pride – the desire…
Investigating an Accident? Read These Simple Interview Techniques unclassified
Investigating an Accident? Read These Simple Interview Techniques You may have been assigned the role of investigating an accident and working out what actually happended, so the company could learn and prevent a future mistake. Obviously the firs…
Written Safety Communication or Safety Notes?
Written Safety Communication or Safety Notes? Safety procedures, codes of practice, safety data sheets (SDS), guidelines and standard operating procedures need to be written in a manner the target audience can understand. For example, a study publ…
Ladder Safety
References to Ladder Safety that may be of valueHazard Management can sometimes include just looking at your use of basic equipment, and how safety applies to the use of ladders. This excellent article on ladder safety is worth referring to if you…
Safety Conferences have a place in Training
Safety Conferences have a place in TrainingConferences can be one of the most valuable ways to increase your safety performance. When you have a limited training budget for your staff there are a number of things you can do. But it’s a compromise …
Safety Standards in New Zealand; The NZSC or NZISM?
Safety Standards in New Zealand; The NZSC or NZISM?In New Zealand there are two main professional groups for safety managers and advisors to be a part of. There are many more for smaller professional bodies, which can be found under the OHSIG umbr…
ACC OSH Audit and Experience Rating System
ACC OSH Audit and Experience Rating SystemAs of April 2001 the ACC are changing the way they reward New Zealand businesses for having a working OSH system. The approach currently is to assess a business’s OSH system and then reward the company wit…
Safety, NASA and Risk Management Lessons
NASA recently presented an safety award to a one of their own 30 year + employees, for being ‘ instrumental in reshaping NASA’s safety and mission assurance program. He is a founding member of the agency’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance. H…
OSH Prevention Better Than Emergency Response
Before OSH, for centuries people intuitively knew that it was better to stop things you don’t want happening, than deal with the fallout. ‘A stitch in time saves times’ I can remember my mother saying. Or the famous ‘Preventions is better than cur…